Garment or merchandise hanger.



N. D. COHEN.

GARMENT 0R MERCHANDISE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1911.

1,000,896. PatentedAug. 15,1911.

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N. D. COHEN.

GARMENT 0R MERCHANDISE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 7, 1911.

1,000,896, Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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- wi/f vw aow I NATHAN D. COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

t L GARMENT OR MERCHANDISE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 7, 1911.

Patented Aug. 15, Serial No. 612,875.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN D. COHEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, county of New York, and State of NewYork, United States of America, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Garment or Merchandise Hangers, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this class whichcan be hung against a wall so as to be out of the way, or can be loweredso as to receive and support garments; and also to provide means forexpeditiously hanging and removing garments. These objects areaccomplished by my invention, some embodiments of which are hereinafterset forth.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which-Figure1 is a front elevation of my improved garment hanger. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a slightly modifiedform of hanger. Figs. 5 and 6 aresectional views showing a portion of the hanger; Fig. 5 being asectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of thearrows, and Fig. 6 being a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5,looking in the direction of the arrows. Figs. 7 and 8 show modifiedforms of bars for supporting the garments. Fig. 9 is a perspective viewof a slightly modified form of frame.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate similar parts.

My improved garment supporter 1, comprises a bracket 2, a frame 3, andbars 4. The bracket 2 consists of an upright ,bar 5 provided at itsupper end with a hook 6, and at its lower end with suitable perforationsthrough which pass rivets 7 that fix it to a horizontal bar 8. Both thebars 5 and 8 may be secured to a wall by means of suitable screws 9 orother proper means. To further strengthen the bracket 2 the bars 5 and 8may be connected by the brace 10 which is secured by rivets 11, asshown. The bar 8, near each end is provided with an outwardly extendingsupport 12 which is secured to the bar 8 by means of suitable rivets 13,and above the support. 12 are suitable loops or hooks 14 which are alsofixed to the bar 8.

The frame 3, in its lowered position, rests on the supports 12, andengages the hooks 14 in a manner that will now be described. The frame 3has a central portion 15 in the middle of which is a loop 16, if thestructure shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 be employed; or a loop 17 if thestructure shown in Fig. 9 be employed, and this central portion 15 haslaterally extending parts or sides 18 which run to loops 19 which engagewith the hooks 14, as shown, and then the ends 20 return parallel to thesides 18 and for the greater part of the length thereof, as shown.

The garment supporting bars 4 rest on the sides 18 and under the ends20, and as many of these bars may be employed as required, providing thecapacity of the garment hanger is not exceeded. Each bar 4 has an end 21extending laterally therefrom, and in the modification shown in Fig. 7this feature is duplicated at each end. In the structure shown in Fig.8, the end 22 runs laterally, both ways, as shown. In Fig. 7 the parts23 and 24 of the bar 4 are shown united, the part 23 having a projection25 that telescopes into an opening 26 of the bar 4, so that this bar maybe divided into two parts either for the purposes of pack ing andshipping, or to enable garments to be released and withdrawn withoutdisturbing the other garments in the hanger.

The garments 27 rest over the bars 4 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

After the garments have been suspended upon the bars 4- the swingingframe 3 is thrown into a vertical position with the loop 16 engaging thehook 6, the trousers on the respective bars 4 overlying each other, andthus a hanger is produced which normally takes up but very little space,and which can be readily lowered at any time for the purpose of removingor inserting a garment. When it is lowered until the frame 3 rests onthe supports 12 this frame is in a substantially, but not quitehorizontal position, so that the tendency of the bars 4 is to shifttoward the loops 19, and it is then ready for use. When the bars 4 arein place, and the frame 3 has the position shown in Fig. 2, the garments27 are first brought near the part 15, a rod is then withdrawn fromunder the ends 20 and inserted through the arment, as shown, and thegarment and rod are then slid to the proper position.

This operation is repeated as often as desired provided that the garmenthanger is 5 not filled beyond its capacity.

It will be noted that the pivoted frame of my iifinroved garment hangercomprises supporting bars 18 connected at the front by a cross-bar 15,and that the confining 1.0 and retaining bars 20 extend forward aboveand parallel to the supporting bars, the free ends of the confining andretaining bars 20 terminating near the cross-bar 15, the bars 20 beingpreferably formed integrally with the bars 18 and the two being unitedby the loops 19, by means of which the frame is connected to the hooks14 or supporting bracket, the whole constituting a simple,

yet strong and efiicient support for the gar- 20 ments, and one in whichthe removable rods will be properly held in position and guided,

and from which they may be quickly removed when desired either bydrawing them out sidewise in the direction of their length,

or at the front from between the confining and retaining bars.

lVhile I have shown and described. some embodiments of my invention itis obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but is broad enough tocover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention what "I claim is 1. In a device ofthe class described, in combination, a pivoted swinging frame comprisingsupporting bars united by a crossbar at their forward ends and confiningand retaining bars extending parallel to and:

:located above the supporting bars, and having their free endsterminating near the crossbar, and loops carried by said bars at theirpoint ofunion and means for pivotally supporting said framesubstantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a "pivotedswinging frame, comprising a cross-bar, the supportingbars and theconfining and retaining bars, all formed of asingle length of materialand bent to form the loops at the union of the supporting and retainingbars, the retainiing bars extending parallel to and located above thesupporting bars, a bracket, hooks on said bracket engaging the loops andthe swinging frame and rigid supports extend-- pivoted andlongitudinally telescoping barsfitted between said retaining bars andsu-p-- porting bars, substantially as described Signed in the city,county and State of New York, this 6th: day of March, 1911.

NATHAN 1). COHEN.

Witnesses:

GUs'rAvn I. ARoNow, I'I. RADZI'NSKYZ.

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